Nitish Kumar is the Chief Minister of Bihar. He also served as a minister in the Union Government and belongs to the Janata Dal (United) political party. Owning responsibility for his party's poor performance in the 2014 general elections, on 17 May 2014, he resigned. However, in February 2015, he returned to office following a political crisis in the state. In November 2015, he won the state elections. On 10 April 2016, Nitish Kumar was elected as the national president of his party. On 26 July 2017, he resigned again as Chief Minister of Bihar over differences with the coalition partner RJD. Naming of Tejaswi Yadav (the deputy CM and Lalu Yadav's son) in an FIR by the CBI was the main cause of Kumar’s resignation. However, within hours, he joined the NDA coalition and secured a majority in the assembly. The very next day, he was CM, again. He belongs to a socialist class of politicians and learnt the lessons of politics from stalwarts like Jayaprakash Narayan and Ram Manohar Lohia. Between 1974 and 1977, he participated in Narayan's movement. Early life: Nitish Kumar was born in Harnaut, Nalanda district of Bihar. From Bihar College of Engineering, he got a degree in mechanical engineering in 1972. After graduation, he joined the Bihar State Electricity Board and later moved into politics.
Read MoreNitish Kumar will also visit the 'Samadhi' of late prime minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee on Wednesday. Indian National Developmental Inclusive Alliance (I.N.D.I.A) held its first meeting in Bihar while the second meeting took place in Bengaluru.
Chief Minister Nitish Kumar was giving a speech after hoisting the Tricolor, at that very moment, a chaotic situation arose. A young man broke the security and suddenly came towards the stage.
Bihar news: Paswan had fielded LJP candidates, many of them BJP rebels, in all seats contested by the JD(U) which finished with a tally of 43, a steep decline since 2015 when it had won 71 seats.
Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar targeted the BJP, stating that they are perturbed by the unity among the opposition parties.
Phulpur Lok Sabha seat also called 'Phoolpur', is one of the 80 Lok Sabha constituencies in Uttar Pradesh. The constituency falls under Prayagraj district.
Speculations have been rife that Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar may contest the 2024 Lok Sabha polls from Uttar Pradesh, which has drawn sharp reactions from the BJP.
Earlier, the Patna High Court put a stay on the caste-based survey on May 4. The development is a big relief for the Nitish government.
The BJP has shut all its doors for Nitish Kumar, Sushil Modi said, dismissing Ramdas Athawale's claim that the JDU leader may return to the NDA folds anytime.
Speculations over Nitish Kumar's another U-turn are growing but Nitish himself junked them. The fresh comments by the NDA leaders again revived the anticipations.
India TV-CNX Opinion Poll: The political scenario in one of the key states - Bihar - is changed after Nitish's joining Mahagathbandhan. It would be interesting to see how the alliance 'INDIA' will work in the state.
India Opposition Unity: The first blow to the unity of the "India" alliance came from the left parties, CPIM General secretary Sitaram Yechuri who categorically denied any alliance with Mamata Banerjee's Trinamool Congress in West Bengal.
Opposition Parties Meeting: Bihar CM Kumar on Wednesday cleared the air on why he didn't attend the press conference that was held after the crucial meeting of 26 opposition parties.
In a statement, BJP leader Sushil Kumar Modi said that Kumar was "visibly upset" after returning from Bengaluru as his expectations were not met during the Opposition's meeting.
As many as 26 Opposition parties on Tuesday named the grand alliance INDIA (Indian National Developmental Inclusive Alliance).
The posters were set up at Bengaluru's Chalukya Circle, Windsor manor bridge and on the Airport road near Hebbal.
Sources said the opposition leaders will firm up a strategy to defeat the BJP in the next general elections during the two-day session, which will start with a dinner meeting that will be attended by Sonia Gandhi and other top leaders.
The BJP had alleged that one of its workers, identified as Vijay Singh, was killed while several others were injured in the lathi charge by police during the protest.
While Nitish himself has rubbished questions of there being any danger of a split in JD-U, let's have a look at how Janata Dal has witnessed several divisions in the past and resulting in the rise of powerful regional parties.
Bihar Assembly: A war of words also erupted between Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar and state BJP president Samrat Chaudhary in the Legislative Council.
While explaining the nine-year achievements of Narendra Modi's government at the Centre, BJP MP from Patliputra Ram Kripal Yadav said that the Nitish Kumar government will fall anytime soon in Bihar.
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